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@impartialspectator

EconProf: I post occasionally on whatever tickles my fancy: Science, the Econ tribe, politics, music ...

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And just like that we’re back to “Department of Defense”

06.03.2026 15:10 👍 13037 🔁 2826 💬 1397 📌 392
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Well would you look at that

05.03.2026 15:44 👍 28332 🔁 8013 💬 840 📌 340
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Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

05.03.2026 19:11 👍 22459 🔁 4958 💬 759 📌 404
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Chris Murphy: "It's just so disgusting to listen to the president be waxing poetically about the drapes he's buying while there are six Americans who are dead. There are six families who are about to bury their children because of a war of choice that no one in this country wanted, an illegal war."

03.03.2026 02:17 👍 19714 🔁 6229 💬 610 📌 262
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Ossoff: "The president owes Americans a real explanation. 2am posts on Truth Social just aren't good enough when you're sending Americans into combat. He was dancing at his beach club the same night he ordered air crews to launch into combat & hours before our service members endured missile salvos"

03.03.2026 03:16 👍 22080 🔁 7207 💬 611 📌 273
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Exclusive: Unrest at Wiley journal whose EIC is cited in more than half of its papers Timothy Lee (center) of Macau University of Science and Technology was named editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Tourism Research in 2023. On Feb. 18, a researcher in Italy sent a disgr…

Another day, another scandal in academic publishing land. It's becoming very ... normal.

retractionwatch.com/2026/02/26/e...

27.02.2026 18:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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198 effect sizes in ego depletion resesrch showed an effect size of d=0.62. Preregistered large replications (including some by original authors) yielded an effect size of 0. No one has been able to offer any other explanation for this huge research waste than massive p-hacking.

23.02.2026 20:03 👍 135 🔁 46 💬 6 📌 8
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BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

23.02.2026 22:50 👍 26712 🔁 12714 💬 887 📌 957
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GOOD FOR AOC ❤️💙❤️
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24.02.2026 10:20 👍 11206 🔁 2647 💬 535 📌 253
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Of all Presidementia's prior State-of-the-Unions I've not watched in the past, tonight's State-of-the-Union is the State-of-the-Union I'm not watching the most. 🍊🚫

24.02.2026 19:19 👍 33670 🔁 4867 💬 2217 📌 501

Clever acronym, nice mnemonic device.

23.02.2026 01:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe reading the Epstein files more carefully would be time better spent.

23.02.2026 01:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nancy Pelosi: "With Trump, all roads lead back to Putin."

21.02.2026 20:01 👍 2104 🔁 740 💬 86 📌 35

I hope John Roberts signed all his mortgage paperwork correctly

20.02.2026 22:57 👍 20074 🔁 2893 💬 557 📌 170
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By the time he’s done, I’ll bet that at least a quarter of the national debt will just be money he stole.

21.02.2026 20:07 👍 21380 🔁 5793 💬 531 📌 335
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Tell Congress: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now Contact Congress today!

I guess we weren't clear when we told the DOJ to release ALL of the Epstein files. So, let's try this again:

20.02.2026 23:14 👍 11565 🔁 3442 💬 467 📌 113
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Pretty pointed that. Mic drop moment.

20.02.2026 20:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Elsevier Shuts Down Its Finance Journal Citation Cartel 12 papers retracted, 7 editor positions removed, and the "open secret" of Elsevier’s elite paper mill exposed.

All around shocking story - Brunet is not exactly an uncontroversial blogger but this seems well researched.

"The question now is whether Trinity College Dublin will fire Lucey."

www.chrisbrunet.com/p/elsevier-s...

20.02.2026 20:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rookie-level stuff. Brian Wansink had a paper retracted twice *from the same journal*.

19.02.2026 16:26 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

19.02.2026 12:20 👍 13444 🔁 3449 💬 128 📌 126

@retractionwatch.com This has to be worth a mention!

16.02.2026 00:47 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.
"Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23. What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger? Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s…

The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000.

So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.

Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...

15.02.2026 12:52 👍 6802 🔁 2856 💬 253 📌 197

If you like making love to music, put on a live album. That way, you get applause every two to four minutes.

14.02.2026 18:50 👍 3855 🔁 395 💬 235 📌 66
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'Most Vile Scumbags on Earth': Critics Appalled by Explosive Report on Kristi Noem's Corruption | Common Dreams Explosive report reveals 'outrageous corruption' by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and top adviser Corey Lewandowski.

www.commondreams.org/news/kristi-...

14.02.2026 22:03 👍 7875 🔁 2831 💬 435 📌 196
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This guy raped little girls.

14.02.2026 04:50 👍 12281 🔁 3358 💬 1347 📌 338
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

04.02.2026 03:44 👍 19546 🔁 8851 💬 694 📌 716
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👇👇👇👇

02.02.2026 18:10 👍 23060 🔁 8764 💬 510 📌 412

Each and everyone named in the Epstein files have had years to come clean and repent. None of them did, huh.

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